On April 5, 2012, Johnson announced his plans to retire.[1] He did not run for re-election in the general election.[1] Republican party chairmen from the 14 counties in the 13th Congressional District chose Rodney Davis as Johnson's replacement to run against David Gill (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Biography

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Johnson was born in Champaign, Illinois, on July 23, 1946. He spent his childhood in Urbana and graduated from Urbana High School. He attended the University of Illinois, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was honored with the Bronze Tablet, the University's highest undergraduate honor. He was accepted to the University of Illinois College of Law and graduated in 1972.[3]

Issues

Presidential preference

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Johnson voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 85 Republicans that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[6]

Analysis

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Johnson paid his congressional staff a total of $951,712 in 2011. He ranked 89th on the list of the highest paid Republican representative staff salaries and ranked 204th overall of the lowest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Illinois ranked 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[16]

Net worth

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Johnson's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $942,030 and $2,330,000. That averages to $693,985, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[17]